As SVT Nyheter Öst previously reported, the need for student housing was difficult to determine this year. That on the occasion of the corona pandemic. Now Sweden's united student unions' annual housing report shows that the situation has been better in Linköping this year. The yellow grade means that Linköping is a city where students can get a first-hand contract during the autumn semester, which they can then keep for the duration of their studies.
- We think it is a correct picture to describe Linköping as a yellow student city. We are aware that the pressure is strong at the start of the semester, says Simon Helmér, CEO of Studentbostäder AB.
"Not as chaotic"Sara Sandberg, who is a housing representative at KOMBO, the students' own tenant organization, thought that there would be chaos this autumn.
- I thought it would be chaos because it has been hectic since July. It has called students every day, but it did not become as chaotic as I thought, she says.
Norrköping received a better grade - green. There, students can be offered safe housing within a month.